German federal election, 1898

16 June 1898 (1898-06-16)

All 397 seats in the Reichstag 199 seats needed for a majority

Turnout	68.1%
	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Centre	SPD	KP
Last election	96 seats	44 seats	72 seats
Seats won	102	56	56
Seat change	6	12	16
Popular vote	1,455,100	2,107,100	859,200
Percentage	18.8%	27.2%	11.1%
Swing	0.3%	3.9%	2.4%

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	NLP	FVp	DRP
Last election	53 seats	24 seats	28 seats
Seats won	46	29	23
Seat change	7	5	5
Popular vote	971,300	558,300	343,600
Percentage	12.5%	7.2%	4.5%
Swing	0.5%	1.5%	1.2%

Election results by the election districts

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Federal elections were held in Germany on 16 June 1898.^[1] Despite the Social Democratic Party (SPD) receiving a plurality of votes, the Centre Party remained the largest party in the Reichstag after winning 102 of the 397 seats, whilst the SPD won just 56.^[2] Voter turnout was 68.1%.^[1]

Results

Party	Votes^[a]	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democratic Party	2,107,100	27.2	56	+12
Centre Party	1,455,100	18.8	102	+6
National Liberal Party	971,300	12.5	46	−7
German Conservative Party	859,200	11.1	56	−16
Free-minded People's Party	558,300	7.2	29	+5
German Reich Party	343,600	4.5	23	−5
Anti-Semites	284,300	3.7	13	−3
Polish Party	244,100	3.1	14	−5
German Free-minded Party	195,700	2.5	12	−1
Bavarian Peasants' League	140,300	1.8	5	+1
German Agrarian League	110,400	1.4	6	New
German People's Party	108,500	1.4	8	−3
Alsace-Lorraine Party	107,400	1.3	10	+2
German-Hanoverian Party	105,200	1.3	9	+2
Danish Party	15,000	0.2	1	0
Others	146,800	2.0	7	+6
Invalid/blank votes	34,000	–	–	–
Total	7,786,700	100	397	0
Registered voters/turnout	11,441,100	68.1	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, DGDB

^a Figures for votes are rounded.^[1]

Popular Vote

SPD			27.18%
Zentrum			18.77%
NLP			12.62%
DKP			11.08%
FVP			7.20%
DRP			4.43%
Anti-Semites			3.75%
Poles			3.15%
FV			2.52%
Other			9.29%

Reichstag seats

Zentrum			25.69%
SPD			14.11%
DKP			14.11%
NLP			11.59%
FVP			7.30%
DRP			5.79%
Poles			3.53%
Anti-Semites			3.27%
FV			3.02%
Other			11.59%

References

1 2 3 Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p762 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p789

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